USN-2494-1: file vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2494-1

4th February, 2015

file vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 14.10


• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

file could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software description

• file - Tool to determine file types

Details

Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF

files. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to crash, resulting

in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3710)

Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files.

An attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting

in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8116)

Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly limited recursion. An

attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in

a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8117)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 14.10:

file 1:5.19-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

file 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

file 5.09-2ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

file 5.03-5ubuntu1.5

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2014-3710, CVE-2014-8116, CVE-2014-8117

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1At6JXL